One of the Museum's most beautiful treasures, a silk on silk needlework done by Lucy Gray in the 1840's, has been taken out of storage and...
News
New Exhibit
The Museum unveiled a new exhibit on Wednesday, Remarkable Women in Essex History! March is National Women's History Month, and the Museum...
Museum Hires New Director
Mr. Wright Andrews, president of the Essex County Museum & Historical Society, announces, "We are delighted to have Tim Manley join us...
Museum Re-Opens for Summer
Ceiling repairs have been completed and we are back in business! The Museum will be open this summer on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and...
Essex Resolutions Reading July 9th
Join us this Saturday at 9:30am for the annual “reading of the Essex Resolutions" which commemorates the Essex County Patriots, who in...
Museum Now Reopen on Tuesdays and Saturdays
The Essex Museum has reopened on a limited basis! Starting May 1, the Museum, and the Rappahannock Gift Shop, located at 218 Water Street...
“Arbor Team” plants trees in the new Max Silver Memorial Courtyard
Thanks to our "Arbor Team", Dorothy Miller, Robert LaFollette and David Henderson, for planting oak and dogwood trees in the new Max...
The Museum is now open on a limited basis!
The Museum and the Rappahannock River Gift Shop will be open in March and April on Saturdays from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm for shopping! All...
The Museum Gift Shop open Saturdays in March and April
The Museum Gift Shop is open Saturdays from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm for shopping in March and April! We are following social distancing and...
View the “Voices in Black History” Program Online
Miss our “Voices in Black History” program? Presented last Thursday by The Performance Guild of First Baptist Church under the direction...